Armor for shingles



E. L. GENTRY. ARMOR FOR SHINGLES.

0 JUNE 29, l9l8- RENEWED MAY 28,1919.

APPLICATION FILE (Miro-anus UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EVERT' L. GENTRY, F ID-ABEL, OKLAHOMA.

ARMOR FOR SHINGLES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed June 29, 1918, Serial No. 242,678 REnewed May 28,1919. Serial No. 300,475.

To all whom it may concern Be' it known that I, Evnn'r L. GENTRY, acitizen of the United States, residing at Idabel, in the county ofMcCurtain and State of. Oklahoma, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Armors for Shingles, of which the following is aspecification, reference being had to the ac companying drawings.

This invention relates to shingles, and particularly to armor therefor.

The general object of this invention is to provide metallic shingles orarmor which may be placed over either clapboarding or over woodshingles.

A further object is to so construct the -metallic shingles that theywill interlock either with the clapboarding or wooden shingle and alsowith each other.

A further object is to provide a metallic shingle or armor which willthoroughly protect the wooden shingle or clapboarding be- 'neath andwill rest firmly upon the structure beneath so as to prevent waterpercolating in through the joints and rotting the wooden sub-structure.

Other objects will appear in the course of the following description.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein Figurel is a side elevation of a'portion of a roof having ordinary shinglesthereon and covered with my improved armor;

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of my improved armor;

' Fig. 3 is asection on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is a section on the line l -4: of Fig. 2; and i Fig. 5' is anenlarged fragmentary perspective view of the lower end of my improvedarmor.

Referring to these figures, it Will be seen that my armor 10 isrectangular in form and that at its lower edge it is formed with arelatively deep flange 11 thelower margin of which is inwardly turned asat 12, the ends of this inwardly turned margin 12 being cut away as at13. The upper edge of the armor is folded over upon itself as at 14, andthis fold is pounded down until it fits tightly against the face of thearmor.

The left hand edge of the shingle has an upwardly and inwardly extendingmarginal bend 15 while the right hand edge of the armor has a downwardlyand inwardlyextending marginal bend 16. Where this armor is to beapplied over old woodenshingles, the upper edge of the'armor is insertedbeneath one shingle, as for instance the armor A and the middle shingle10 is forced upward until the marginal flange 12 is forced Patented July8, 1919.

beneath the butt 0r thickest portion at the 7 It will be seen that thisshingle is relatively small so that it may be readily handled and willnot require long crates for shipping nor will it require any soldering.Furthermore, this armor may be applied to either old or new roofs,without the necessityof driving the nails to hold the shinglers stool.Furthermore, this armor may be used "for the valley, hips and ridge ofthe roof thus permitting the job to be completed with one kind ofshingleand eliminating the necessity of using valley tin, ridge roll, flashing,etc. It will be seen that this armor fits closely downupon the woodenshingle so that no moisture can enter between the wooden shingle and themetal shingle or armor.

The wooden shingles are practically inclosed within the metallicshingles or armor and thus are kept waterproof and dustproof and as nearair proof as is possible, without the use of solder. This armor can beused for either what is known as dimension shingles or in random widths,thus giving the manufacturer a chance to work olf scraps. Not onl maythis armor be used for making va leys, hips and ridges, but it may beused for caps and'all necessary flashing around flues, chimneys, bay.

wardly extending flange at its lower end formed with an inturned margin,this flange having a depth equal to the thickness of the lower end of ashingle, the sides of the shingle armor having flanges adapted tointerlock with the flanges on adjacent sheets.

2. The combination With a shingle of nonmetallie material, of an armortherefor consisting of a ectangular sheet of metal superposed upon theshingle and formed at its lower end with a relatively deep flange havingan inturned margin engaging beneath the shingle, one side edge of thesheet having an upwardly and inwardly turned flange and the other sideedge being provided with 15 said plate and through the shingle upon 20which the plateis applied.

In testimony whereof I hereunto afiix my signature in the presence oftwo witnesses.

EVERT L. GENTRY.

Witnesses:

HV'P HosEY, JEssYE E. ARNETT.

